Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-28

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Ne life and TIE peoRle IN ibe ~ -.
ID teEms Of serJ unrmspx1lse. ns ~
aeow unnekar.s &c BE b oalled theres age
- iassflsd ~ IA fnnta. He has lived
1ifk them, waxksd with them. and
eutered khorouehiy into the spiE1e o.
sseir Iffa. and hs declares them 90 b =
6ne- manly. honnnt ant of nnsa- 1hey
- u1ainlT from the south, altho1lh
usnV come from 80 East, and thorghs
liks Al men, With pleuty q fatilnR1s
are intaiIiQenk daEinR 10 q deNree, loyal
8 their friends, an6 so@stimss fore
hnuded. Their earnings are very small.
Coed pay with them u aoout ~
month land found duEinR eight
monihs o. fhs year. AZ thsy have few
oppoFtnniiies for spending their money
Wills ca the range, and no need 30
| spend any al ali except fer clothes ana
| tobacso, they can saye . great part o.
| their earnings, which TIE tnrlfkeas
sDsnd % sprsos and the thirty invest il
/ horses and cattle. OF course, 81 times
/ they piay rather Wild psanks when they
| and khemseIVea An raw. frontier town,
whera the oniy means Of diversion are
vicious oues, bat the laWlessness often
asurihed 70 them Il not that Of the pro-
| feesional despefadoes Of The country
nov. happily, passing rapidly out OF N
| iatenoa. These despeEadoes are men
who do nos work, bat live By gambling
and horse thievinR, and whose cherish
"a ain in life Is 70 buIIdozs. fight and
i create disorder. Tbs eowbOys. 90 Tar
/ from being identical With them, are
| usually their sworn enemieas They are
the natural police Of the country and
/ responsible for the RAPIDLY approaching
| disappearance Of the IaslesE. element.
ar. Roosevelt says that man might
| live q lifetime in the Bsd Lands OF the
Little Missouri, where his ranch 10, and
not encounter danger from assault.
He has made Il q rule to live the life OF
the people and mind his own business,
Ito do no injury and submit TO none.
I"I'm q born Democrat" he saidi Il
genuinely like the absolute fresdou
from caste spirit, Of q life where men
are respected merely for what they are,
and where Q man respects bis neiRhnoI
beoause be also respects himself" His
log ranch house IL rude. bat IL IL CON.
Portable, with g vide veranda around
and simple bat ample apartments. II
ia testimonial TO she placidity OF az
istence there that be should have man
AGED, as be did last year, TO write a..
last book, the "Life Of Thomas BentonB
willis on bis ranch.
Mr.. Roosevelt laughed at the popular
impression about the peculiar lanRuaR'
OF the cattle region. Il IL not In AM
deRFee q language BY itself, except q
regards the teuhnicalities Of the busi
ness, where many Spanish terms arr
used. Otherwise somewhat rude ou
foreibie, easily connprehenslble EuRuei
prevails. A very important term IN to-
oommouest use Ia the word "outtit."
team is an outAt, 90 IL the man Wit
owns Il, and 90 IL any other man VII
happons aleuR In THAI country. ko
instance, II the people were speakinl
Of Mr.. Roosevelt'a place they woult
call Il bis antft. and II
man wearing eye glasses came 20 yiai
Il they would speak Of him IS "tha
fouf-eyed ontfii," and he tells me tha
II ! should 90 cut there and stand abou
makinR notes as II I were in New York
I would be called "the pencil driving
| Ontiii.n What Ne call cowboy the
call puneheF, the owner of rench be
inR a BOWMAN. The names OF the COW
men are nothing like 30 well knovn q
. the brands Of their cattle, and Mr.
Roosevelt, whose brand lie q Maltes
cross, is more likely 10 be spoken OF q
be drives around the Bad Lands BY tn
term Of ''the Maltese GROSS OUTFIT" thai
BY his real name.